नाणक

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Sanskrit

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Etymology

Of unclear origin. Perhaps borrowed from Dravidian; compare Tamil நாணயம் (nāṇayam, “coin; honesty”). Alternatively, the Dravidian is borrowed from Sanskrit, and the word is from Prakrit (nāṇa-), from Vedic Sanskrit ज्ञान (jñāna​, “knowledge”), with a semantic shift from "knowledge" > "proof of acknowledgement" > "coin".

Pronunciation

Noun

नाणक • (nāṇaka) stem, n

  1. a coin or anything stamped with an impression

Declension

Neuter a-stem declension of नाणक (nāṇaka)
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative नाणकम्
nāṇakam 		नाणके
nāṇake 		नाणकानि / नाणका¹
nāṇakāni / nāṇakā¹
Vocative नाणक
nāṇaka 		नाणके
nāṇake 		नाणकानि / नाणका¹
nāṇakāni / nāṇakā¹
Accusative नाणकम्
nāṇakam 		नाणके
nāṇake 		नाणकानि / नाणका¹
nāṇakāni / nāṇakā¹
Instrumental नाणकेन
nāṇakena 		नाणकाभ्याम्
nāṇakābhyām 		नाणकैः / नाणकेभिः¹
nāṇakaiḥ / nāṇakebhiḥ¹
Dative नाणकाय
nāṇakāya 		नाणकाभ्याम्
nāṇakābhyām 		नाणकेभ्यः
nāṇakebhyaḥ
Ablative नाणकात्
nāṇakāt 		नाणकाभ्याम्
nāṇakābhyām 		नाणकेभ्यः
nāṇakebhyaḥ
Genitive नाणकस्य
nāṇakasya 		नाणकयोः
nāṇakayoḥ 		नाणकानाम्
nāṇakānām
Locative नाणके
nāṇake 		नाणकयोः
nāṇakayoḥ 		नाणकेषु
nāṇakeṣu
Notes
  • ¹Vedic

Descendants

  • Marathi: नाणे (nāṇe)

References

  • Monier Williams (1899) “नाणक”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, , new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0534/3.
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 3, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 287
  • Mayrhofer, Manfred (1963) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 151
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